Chapter 2 Test Age of Exploration

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

• to start a colony there

• to establish the slave trade

• to build a navy and start a war

• to find and control trade routes

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians

• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics

• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages

• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

Look at the level of activity between 1000 and 1500. Which statement about this time period does the timeline support?

• Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.

• Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.

• Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.

• There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.

What boat would have been best for a long expedition across an ocean in the 1400s?

• Longship

• Canoe

• Caraval

• Motorboat

Which statement makes the best argument for what boat would be best for a long expedition?

• The boat is small and is helpful for exploring rivers by the shore.

• The boat has a large, square sail and oars that give it two sources of power.

• The boat has room to store supplies and different-shaped sails to use the wind better.

• The boat has oars and would be needed for sailors to go from the main ship to shore.

Label the types of Europeans in the order they came to the Americas. Place a “1” next to the first type to arrive. Place a “2” next to the second type to arrive. Place a “3” next to the third type to arrive.

• 1. explorers, 2. conquistadors, 3. officials

• 1. officials, 2. explorers, 3. conquistadors

• 1. conquistadors, 2. explorers, 3. officials

• 1. explorers, 2. officials, 3. conquistadors

Columbus called the islands 'the Indies' because he believed he had reached which place?

• Africa

• Australia

• Asia, specifically the islands near India

• Europe

Look at the table. Then answer the question. Which statement accurately relates information in the table to a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• The trade of crops and livestock from America required people to grow and raise these goods, and this provided jobs for native peoples.

• The trade of sugar grown in America required people to grow it, and this led to plantations and forced labor.

• Europeans traded potatoes and tomatoes to America, which made these foods part of the American Indian diet.

• Europeans traded pigs, horses, and goats to America, which led to a shortage of these goods in Europe.

Sailors used the magnetic compass for __ and the astrolabe to determine __.

• direction, distance

• distance, direction

• speed, time

• altitude, speed

What negative effect of the Columbian Exchange is shown here?

• war

• trade

• slavery

• disease